Recently a colleague pointed me to an interesting article that I enjoyed reading, on the topic of GLIMMERS. Most of us are familiar with the opposite of glimmers—triggers, which are small but powerful moments in which we instantly feel unsafe, stressed, or fearful. A strange look fleeting across a friend's face as we speak, for example, can instantaneously have us feel vulnerable and uncertain.

Katie DutcherMay 13, 2023practice, joy, resilience

Gifts to Grow On

I feel sometimes like I have been given a ten-speed again. Opportunities come my way that are justout my my comfort zone, that I need to really stretch to meet. My emotions go all over the place-- gratitude, fear, excitement, anxiety, overwhelm, and then the guilt of feeling negative feelings at all, when clearly opportunities are GOOD!

My Highest Ambition is to Be What I Already Am

Indeed, why not honor our own feelings? Why does it ever occur to us to doubt ourselves and question ourselves as much as we do?

Of Swallows and Attachment

To see my joy swinging in midair and to simply watch it, to note it and appreciate it, perhaps even appreciate it more for the knowledge that it cannot be held down.

Taking it Easy

Have you had the thought that you're not doing it right? That if you were lost in thought, it doesn't count?

MeditationweflourishandbloomMarch 16, 2015gentleness, joy, meditation, mindful, mindfulnessComment